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When Naruto woke up, he had an enormous headache. It felt as if something was trying to split his head in two. After a few moments, the blonde got over this and sat up to look at his surroundings. It was familiar, in the type of way that you're used to something you knew you shouldn't be used to. The shinobi was in what looked like a sewer. It was incredibly damp, and very dark. There were some pipes strewn along the walls and many were broken in half, letting the water, or at least he hoped it was water, spill out. Naruto often felt bad knowing that he was forcing Kyuubi to live in here. It was partly his fault, because although he couldn't let Kyuubi out, this was his mind. He should clean it up a bit.

Naruto finally summoned up the strength to stand, and when he did he took a few seconds to catch his balance. Afterwards, the blond walked towards the tunnel on the far end of one of the walls. He knew this was the way to Kyuubi's cage, having been here on more than one occasion. The ex-leaf ninja had never dared to look down any of the other paths, believing many were painful memories. He opted instead to come down Kyuubi's corridor whenever he came into his mind, and even then there were some rather painful memories along the way. The thoughts were usually pictures hung on the walls, or sometimes reflections in the puddles. The ninja believed this was how his mind depicted them, simply as things to look at and remember.

After some time walking through the dank corridor, Naruto was glad to leave and enter into Kyuubi's chambers. Naruto had tried especially hard to tidy up this room in his mind, with little success. The area here reflected the state of his mind. If he was sad or angry for a set period of time, this whole place, not just the Kyuubi's chambers, would reflect that. After being sad for so long, along with losing his 'precious people', the ninja found it increasingly difficult to simply stop the water from flooding into this room.

Naruto examined his handiwork over the last couple of days, and was depressed to find out there had been little if no difference to the large room. If anything, it had gotten worse. He accepted this after a short time and turned his attention to the cage of the kitsune. It took up half the room, which was as big as a castle on its own. The cage was made from thick iron bars which, if they were real, Kyuubi could most likely still snap in two. As it stands, the seal in the middle of the cage was the only thing that kept the fox inside where everyone was safe, and even the fox himself was safe from being controlled again.

When Naruto stopped inspecting his own mind and the Kyuubi's 'home' he finally turned to look at the fox. Kyuubi was siting on his haunches, head up tall and looking every bit the evil demon he was supposed to be. However, that was only for people who didn't know him. Which was generally every single person who ever heard of him, give or take. The only person who did know him, Naruto, knew now that Kyuubi was just as loud as he used to be, and even more annoying. However impossible that may seem. The furball was only looking the way he was so that Naruto knew to take him seriously, for now anyways.

"Naruto, I know that you have been pretending." Kyuubi said, with that all-knowing gleam in his eye.

"Pretending? What ever do you mean Kyuubi-sama?" The blonde said, with his tone and smile that Kyuubi knew he was lying.

"You've been using your mask again. I thought you were going to show all your feelings, get a fresh start. It wouldn't be a good idea to start hiding your thoughts and feelings constantly in a place where you know absolutely nothing. You act like your fine, but you have been doing that all your life. You still can't let go of them, can you? None of them. And especially not Iruka."

"I will NEVER, forget Iruka-sensei. I can't. If I did I'm sure I would go insane." Naruto said quite calmly while slowly turning his gaze to the floor.

"Please kit, you don't have to forget them, just accept what has happened and let it go. Listen, we wouldn't have survived as long as we have if we were still lying in the sun. This means that someone must have found us. You have to start showing your true self. If you act like you did in Konoha, nobody will take us seriously." The kitsune said while gazing at Naruto as if pleading him to understand.

Naruto sighed. "I know Kyuubi its just that... I have had to act this way my whole life, you know? It's... a part of me now. It isn't something I can't easily let go of."

"I know kit, and I'm sorry if im forcing you to go to fast. The reason is that if nobody in this world can trust us, we will most likely not survive. Until we learn all that we need to know, we need to find somewhere to stay and someone to teach us."

"You are absolutely right, Kyuubi. However I do have one question." Naruto said, with the beginnings of a smirk tugging at his lips. "My mission is to destroy the other part of what is controlling you, correct?" Kyuubi nodded, having an idea about where this conversation was going. "Well, if one part infected you, there is a strong possibility that the other half infected something strong as well. My question is, how the hell am I supposed to kill something so powerful? I know I'm strong, but I am not going to delude myself into thinking I am strong enough to actually kill it." This time the smirk managed to creep up his face until it was a full blown grin.

"Well kit, I have been thinking about that. Once we find permanent lodgings and someone to teach us about this world..."

"C'mon, say it, say it..." The blonde started to chant, knowing for sure what foxy-sama was about to say.

"I will become your sensei in the ninja arts." Kyuubi said finally, while Naruto now seemed as if he was about to burst into tears.

"YES! Yes! Yes! Yes! Awesome! When do we start Kyuubi-sensei!"

"I already told you kit, when we find somewhere to stay and someone to teach us both about this place. Which most likely won't be long. I feel that you are waking up. Time for us to meet our 'rescuers'. Oh and Naruto, keep up the sensei thing. It has a nice ring to it."

Kyuubi said while preparing himself for whatever he saw when Naruto woke up for real this time.

"Yes sir Kyuubi-sensei! I promise to become the best student ever and to complete my mission without fail!" The blonde yelled with enthusiasm, his heart feeling much lighter than before. The shinobi then began to fade out of existence, ready to meet with his saviors.